TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING Friday, September 17, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Friday Networking Feature: Private Lines, Public Sweat 2. Networking News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. For Businesses, It's Slow Going With Windows XP's SP2 4. Microsoft Blogger Tracks 7 Years Of Spam 5. Small Businesses Say Healthcare Is Fastest Rising Expense 6. SEC Investigating WorldCom Creditors Committee Other News This Week 7. IT-Hiring Picture Remains Cloudy 8. Airbus Aims For In-Flight Cell Service In 2006 9. German Chipmaker Infineon Admits Price Fixing 10. Longhorn To Have More-Flexible Security Settings ------- Advertisement ------------------- This issue sponsored by ... CDW The Microsoft Mid-Market Windows Server Promotion. With a $600 subsidy toward partner services and one online training voucher for a Windows Server 2003 training course from IMG University (up to a $595 value), you can put the latest Microsoft Windows Server Systemto work for your organization. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cmwm0AL ----------------------------------------- 1. FRIDAY NETWORKING FEATURE: Private Lines, Public Sweat Despite continued enterprise demand for dedicated high-speed point-to-point connections, overcapacity has led to price wars. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cm6r0AL 2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK Florida Hurricane No Match For VoIP As hurricanes roar across Florida this fall, IT managers have had to rely on disaster recovery systems to keep their telecommunications equipment up and running. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cmwh0AG USAF To Dole Out $9 Billion On Beefed Up Network The U.S. Air Force has announced contractors selected for its massive $9 billion IT Network Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) program. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0CmT30Am Cisco, Linksys To Launch Trade-Up Rebates Cisco Systems and its Linksys division Thursday will launch a program that lets customers trade their Linksys products in for Cisco gear. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0CmhW0Ai Initiative Started To Push NFC Payments Using Phones Royal Philips Electronics and ViVOtech want retail customers to pay for items using phones equipped with near-field communications (NFC) capabilities. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cmwg0AF Broadband Growth Still Breaking Records The number of broadband lines worldwide increased by almost 55 percent to over 123 million in the 12 months to June 2004. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cm6s0AM SMEs Drive Growth Of Networking Products And Services Web hosting, networking, and network security consulting services are being actively sought by SMEs. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cm6t0AN Summer's Over, Cisco's Back To Business After dropping almost $130 million for network-management provider NetSolve, Cisco announced it would acquire SIP software vendor Dynamicsoft, adding its session-initiation protocol smarts to Cisco's VoIP arsenal. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cm6u0AO 3Com Reaches High, Low With New Routers New routers come out of 3Com's year-old joint venture with Chinese networking vendor Huawei Technologies. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cm6v0AP ------- Advertisement ------------------- This issue sponsored by ... CDW The Microsoft Mid-Market Windows Server Promotion. With a $600 subsidy toward partner services and one online training voucher for a Windows Server 2003 training course from IMG University (up to a $595 value), you can put the latest Microsoft Windows Server Systemto work for your organization. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cmwm0AL ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. For Businesses, It's Slow Going With Windows XP's SP2 It could take months for many businesses to test and deploy Microsoft's most-secure operating system. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cm6w0AQ 4. Microsoft Blogger Tracks 7 Years Of Spam Microsoft employee Raymond Chen has compiled unique evidence of the explosion of spam. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cm6x0AR 5. Small Businesses Say Healthcare Is Fastest Rising Expense Owners of small businesses say healthcare costs are their most rapidly increasing expense, while many are holding off on new capital expenditures. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cm6y0AS 6. SEC Investigating WorldCom Creditors Committee The Securities and Exchange Commission is requesting documents related to members' dealings as well as information they reviewed about WorldCom's health and prospects. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cm6z0AT OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. IT-Hiring Picture Remains Cloudy Despite a strengthening overall economy, the tech sector continues to slowly bleed jobs. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cmwd0AC 8. Airbus Aims For In-Flight Cell Service In 2006 The aircraft vendor says successful in-flight tests mean that in-flight cell service is on schedule for 2006. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejXB0GpvDH0G4V0Cmwk0AJ 9. 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